Improvement in cotton-cultivators



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER MONAGHAN, OF GAMAK,.GEORGIA` IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 26,606, dated December 27, 18:39.`

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER MONAGHAN, of Camak, in the county of Warren and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and use. ful Improvements in Gotton-Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the con struction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a perspective View of said cottoneultivator. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal Vertical section through the same.

My invention relates to that class of cottoncultivators which are used for thinning or chopping out the cotton-plants from the rows.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents the cultivator-frame.

B represents hoes, which are used for chopping out the cotton, and the shanks of which are secured to the beam C of the frame by means ofthe screw-nuts a. i

b represents rake-teeth, which are secured to the frame A in front of the hoes B, and which are intended to remove obstructions which might be ahead ofthe hoes.

the front end of the frame A can` be adjusted by inserting the bolt d into one of the holes 1 and 2 of the braces G.

H represents a strong spring, which is secured to the cross-pieces L of the shafts E. It is of the shape represented in the drawings, and rests on the bolt d as its bearing, while its free end g is in contact with the frame A and tends to press it upward by bearin g against the lower side of the cross-piece h of theframe l A. This spring greatly facilitates the work of chopping out the cotton as it pressesthe y frame upward, and thus when the operatorre-` leases the handles D the hoesB are raisedfrom the ground automatically, thereby `relieving j the operator from the heavytask et' frequently i cotton-plants the operator presses down the rear end of the machine by means of the handles D, and the hoes B enter the ground. `On

releasing the handles D the springH raises or aids in raising the rear end, and thus the 1 plants are choppedoutwith facility, asl the operator has only to depress the frame at certain points, and isrelieved from raising the entire weightot' the frame by the action of the spring H.

Having thus fully described the `nature of j my invention, 1 wouldstate that I am aware that the frame of a cotton-cultivator has been hinged to the tongue, so as to swing freelyon n said hinge for the purpose of raising or lower- I ing its rear end. This I do not claim; but

Vhat I do claim asmy invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is l In combination with `the hinged frame of a cotton-cultivator, the spring H, which is sel cured to the tongue of said cultivator for the 1 purpose of automatically raising the rear end of the machine when the same is releasedby the operator, substantially in the manner herein described. j

PETER MONAGHAN.

Witnesses: l A. R. BOHLER, f HENRY W. BRUCE.

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